Home Is Where the Heart Is
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Newsie's but sadly I don't it belongs to Disney Inc.
I know this isn't in proper English but I was trying to make it as realistic a possible .
Italics are flashbacks
Prologue
We've know each other since birth. Our parents were best friends. We did everything together since I can remember, including losing our families. I can still see the headline in my mind today even though we were only about eight years old. "Fire in Bronx Apartment Building: No Survivors". That winter day me and Tony (that was Races name before we became Newsie's) were coming home form the park and we saw it the whole building up in flames. I had tried to get in but Race held me back telling me that if I went in there I wouldn't come back out. Ill never forget that look in his eyes when he said that to me, that was the day we both grew up. Well anyway , we wandered around the city for a few days ,but we figured that we couldn't do that forever so one day while we were walking a little boy came walking up to us , he was about our age and seemed nice enough and he said "Hi I'm Jack Kelly whose are you"
"I'm Chris and this is Tony " I said to this strange boy
"What are youse doing out here in the middle of winter youse are going to freeze out here" he said with a look of concern
"We don't have anywhere to go" Race told the boy with a grim look on his face
" Yea youse should come with me " he said smiling
" How do we know that you're not trying to tick us" I asked him
"Well" he paused " I guess youse just gonna have to trust me" he said
"Do you think we should trust this kid Tony" I asked him quietly as we were walking
" I dunno Chris he looks pretty trust worthy" he said
We walked a couple of more blocks and then the Jack said "We'll here we are" as he stopped in front of a building that said "Newsboys Lodging House" in faded black print
"So you're a Newsie" asked Race
"Yup" said Jack as he led us up to the front desk that had a book open on it and a kind looking elderly man behind it and the man said "Heyya Jack and who are these two"
"Well this is Tony and Chris" he said
"Alright I'm Mr. Kloppman are you two staying for the night" he asked
"Umm how much is it "I asked him
"It's just a nickel a night for one person" he said kindly
"Ok " I said and me and Tony searched around in our pockets for some money
"Got it" I said and pulled out a dime and handed it to Mr. Kloppman
"Alright then" he said go and head on up
"Lets go" said Jack "There's some people I want you to meet" he said
"Thanks for the money , Ill pay you back as soon as I can " said Tony
" Don't worry about it ,what are friends for" I said to him smiling for the first time in a while
" Hey guys" Jack said as we reached the boarding room "hey guys" he screamed into the room and then it was quite
"Who are they Jack" said an unknown voice
" This is Tony" he said pointing to Tony "And this is Chris" he said pointing to me
"Well Jack I see you've got a few new recruits " said and older boy
"Hiya I' m Trapper" he said to me and Tony
"He's the leader of the Manhattan Newsies" Jack told us
"So can they stay Trap" said Jack
"Hmmm, Well Jacky if youse think there ok than…" he paused "There in" he said and smiled "Welcome to the Manhattan Newsies kids "he said
"Thanks " me and Tony said simultaneously
"Come'ere guys I want you to meet my friends" he said to us as he walked over to some other kids about our age as well
"Hey guys what's crackin' 'said Jack as he sat down next to a kid with an eye patch over his left eye "Ok guys this is Tony and Chris" he said and we both smiled and waved at them. Tony and Chris this is Kid-Blink he said and pointed to the kid with the eye patch, this is Mush he said and pointed to a kid with dark hair and a smile on his face, this is Boots he said and pointed to a kid who was dark skinned and holding a few marbles in his hand ,that's Sinpeshotter he said pointing to a very small kid to his right, and this is Crutchy he said and nodded to a kid with a crutch sitting on the floor next to him , that's about it all the other newsies are a bit older but all fairly nice" he said
"Hey" they all said to us they all seemed somewhat nice form what I could tell until,
"Hey Jack" said one of them I think it was snipe shooter
"Yea Snipe' replied
"Uh Chris is a girl" he said
"Oh boy this should be good " I heard Tony mumble under his breath
"Do you have a problem with that" I said to him eyeing him warily
" Uh no he doesn't I think he was just a little surprised that a girl wanted to be a Newsie" said Kid- Blink quickly seeing that this situation could become very ugly very fast.
"Yea what Blink said " said Snipeshotter
"Oh alright then" I said
"So where are you guys from" asked Boots
"The Bronx" said Tony
"Oh yea I no some people from the Bronx where'd you two used to live" asked Mush
"Anderson Avenue ,by the hospital" I said
"Yea , that's cool" he said I don't think that you'd know them though to far away
"Oh ok" said Race as they all started to talk amongst themselves I said to Tony
"I can see us getting along with them"
"Yeah so can I" he said back and smiled
The next few years flew by quickly and before I knew it was a whole year after the strike, we were all sixteen, and the best of friends, getting into fights once and again well now that you have the back round story ill get to the present and trust me this will get interesting, so yea, my names Ace and this is my story .
AN: ok that was a long first chapter five whole pages ok so please review this is my first Newsies piece so please be kind ok so on to the second chapter